A Rhode Island man was arrested for shooting and killing his mother at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire.

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Updated: 12:45 AM EDT Sep 13, 2017

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WEBVTT RENEE:rt THE NEW HAMPSHIREATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS THESHOOTING SUSPECT KILLED HISMOTHER, A 70-YEAR-OLDrt PATIENT ATTHE ICU.A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE SUSPECTNOW.WE ARE LEARNING THAT TRAVISFRINK IS FROM RHODErt ISLAND, ANDLEBANON AND CANAAN POLICEARRESTED HIM IN NEW HAMPSHIRE ASHE WAS TRYING TO LEAVE THEHOSPITAL.THE HOSPITAL WASrt EVACUATED ANDTHEN PUT ON LOCKDOWN AFTERPOLICE WERE CALLED ABOUT ANACTIVE SHOOTER AROUND 1:25 THISAFTERNOON.rtFRINK FIRED MULTIPLE SHOTS.>> THE FACTS GATHERED TO THISPOINT REVEAL THAT THE PrtURPOSE OFMR. FRINK'S VISIT TO THATHOSPITAL TODAY WAS TO KILL HISMOTHER.rtRENEE: NOW THEY ADDED THATFRANK'S MOTHER PAMELA FERRIER,, LIVED IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.rtSTATE AND LOCAL POLICE ARE STILLINVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT.THEY TELL US NO OTHER PATIENTSOR STAFF WERE HURT AT DARTMOUTHHITCHCOCK MEDICArtL CENTER.THE ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS FRINKIS DUE IN COURT TOMORROW.

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Authorities said Frink shot and killed his mother, Pamela Ferriere, 70, of Groton, who was a patient there.

At approximately 1:24 p.m., Lebanon police received a 911 call reporting an active shooter at the hospital.

An active shooter alert was first issued at the hospital at about 1:25 p.m.

No other hospital patients, staff or visitors were injured.

The hospital was placed on lockdown and a shelter in place order was issued.

Investigators said Frink was taken into custody without incident while trying to flee the scene.

Police who were letting traffic through on Mount Support Road stopped a silver Ford Escape with Rhode Island license plates and approached it with their guns drawn.

It was not confirmed whether the person in the vehicle was the suspect who was taken into custody.

Frink was expected to be arraigned Wednesday on the charge of first-degree murder.

A witness said there was an active shooter on fourth floor of ICU. That was confirmed by the New Hampshire Attorney General.

Joanna Buckley said she was at the hospital paying a bill when she was escorted out. She described the scene as "pretty dramatic."

Buckley described 100 to 200 police cars at the scene and officers were stationed at the entrances.

"They literally swiped us and pushed us into where there are private officers, swooped us right out," Buckley said. "It wasn’t until I was outside that I saw some doctors who were getting emergency texts right away, and they said, 'My colleague is in there,' and then they told us active shooter."

Buckley said people were outside the hospital in wheelchairs.

“They were showing no emotion. I was extremely impressed," Buckley said of police.

She also said police on scene had machine guns.

Another witness said officers were going room-to-room to clear the building.

One man said he was told the shooter was armed with a rifle. That has not been confirmed by investigators.

Lebanon High School and Hanover Street Elementary School were placed locked down,according to school officials.

A hospital employee told WMUR that staff was evacuated. She said she was seeing patients in wheelchairs and those who need assistance also being helped out into a parking lot.

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Another hospital employee told WMUR she was moved into a bank on the campus and locked inside along with some others.

Another employee said the hospital issued a "code silver" alert, which indicates someone possibly being violent with a weapon.

Numerous New Hampshire State Police cruisers responded to the scene. Vermont State Police said they were assisting with the response and investigation.

The New Hampshire Attorney General confirmed a report of a shooting and that his office was investigating the incident.

The Boston Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms was also assisting with the investigation.